The 13th Women's World Championship of rink hockey begun in Iquique (Chile) with the first three games and the opening ceremony. The major of Iquique, M. Jorge Soria Quiroga, and the FIRS first vice-president M. Armando Quintanilla Cerpa, welcomed the athletes in a venue full of spectators.

The championship begun without surprises. All the games of the firts daymatch ended with large results. Italy and Egypt played in the afternoon and the european team got the largest result of today winning the game 16-0. In the evening, Chile and Argentina found some more difficulties in the beginning of their games against Usa and Colombia. The goalkeeper of the United States (who plays for a chilean team) kept her cage unbeated for a long time, but then Chile found out the way to increase the result until 12-0. Colombia tried to resist against the defending champion, but the "Aquilas" flyed very high tonight and won the match 9-1.
On Sunday, there are six games scheduled: two in the morning (starting from 11 AM CLT) and four in the afternoon and evening, (starting from 5 PM CLT). The most awaited game is Portugal-Spain that is crucial for the outcome of the group B.
Results, standings and schedule are availabre in this page.
Every game of the championship is broadcasted live on FIRS TV.
More pictures ara available on FIRS facebook page.

ITALY – EGYPT 16-0 (1st half: 7-0)
ITALY: 1-Veronica Caretta, 2 – Alice Sartori, 3 - Maria Teresa Mele, 4 – Francesca Maniero, 5 – Giulia Galeassi, 6 – Pamela Lapolla, 7 – Erika Ghirardello, 8 – Elena Tamiozzo, 9 – Elena Toffanin, 10 – Sara Zarantonello. Coach: Pino Marzella
EGYPT: 1 –Alaa Mohamed, 2 – Heidi Salem, 3 – Mariam Boulos, 4 – Gomana El Shimy, 5 – Salma Mohamed, 6 – Ghada Azem, 7 - Maia Sherrif, 8 – Passant Mohamed, 9 – Sohaila Mahmoud, 10 – Dalia Mamdouh. Coach: Ahmed Samir.
REFEREES: Alvaro Meza (Chile), Ricardo Leao (Portugal). Table referee: German Pinto (Colombia)
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 2.41 Lapolla, 3.18 Mele, 6.09 Mele, 7.31 Mele, 9.29 Maniero, 14.31 Tamiozzo, 16.03 Tamiozzo.
2ND HALF: 0.28 Galeassi, 0.58 Toffanin, 5.00 Sartori, 9.37 Lapolla , 10.49 Ghirardello, 12.40 Galeassi, 16.29 Galeassi, 16.50 Galeassi, 16.59 Galeassi.

CHILE – USA 12-0 (1st half: 6-0)
CHILE: Fernanda Idalgo, Fernanda Tapia, Alex Tapia, Carolina Zuniga, Gigliola Berloffa, Beatriz Gaete, Fernanda Urrea, Catalina Flores, Francisca Puertas, Francisca Donoso. Coach: Rodrigo Quintanilla
USA: 1 – Elizabeth Harmon, 2 – Rachel Trussell, 4 – Kylie Hughes, 5 – Kimberly Hughes, 6 - Kaylee Logan, 7 – Alyssa Coll, 9 – Sarah Molloy, 21 – Rachel Guyer, 29 – Ciara Ashlock, 10 – Clarissa Backer. Coach: Tom Hughes.
REFEREES: Leandro Agra (Brasil), Josè Risso (Argentina). Table referee: Daniel Loewe (Germany).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: Puertas, Flores, Gaete, Flores, Zuniga, Flores.
2ND HALF: Flores, Berloffa, Berloffa, Donoso, Donoso, Urrea.

ARGENTINA – COLOMBIA 9-1 (1st half: 6-0)
ARGENTINA: 1 – Andrea Jara, 2 – Lorena Rodriguez, 3 – Daiana Silva, 4 – Valentina Fernandez, 5 – Adriana Gutierrez, 6 – Julieta Fernandez, 7 – Luciana Agudo, 8 – Solome Rodriguez, 9 – Veronica Dieguez, 10 – Anabella Flores. Coach: Nestor Perea.
COLOMBIA: 1 – Carolina Correa, 2 – Catalina Martinez, 3 – Camila Morales, 4 – Andrea Rodriguez, 5 – Juanita Alzate, 6 – Ana Maria Ferreira, 7 – Sara Bedoya, 8 – Paula Gutierrez, 9 – Diana Rivas, 10 – Maria Jose Giraldo. Coach: Andrè Torres.
REFEREES: Ulderico Barbarisi (Italy), Josep Navarro (Spain). Table referee: Boris Tarassioux (France).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: Silva, Silva, Silva, Agudo, Gutierrez, Silva.
2ND HALF: Rodriguez, Martinez, Fernandez, Fernandez

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